4 DEC SS Q.42

0. Consider the following statements with reference to the proposition "Some girls are not students"
(A) Subject term students is distributed
(B) Predicate term girls is undistributed
(C) Predicate term students is distributed
(D) Subject term girls is undistributed
Choose the correct option from those given below:

Answer
Comment
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Option : D

Explanation : Only (c) and (d) are correct.

Subject	Predicate
A: 'birds' refers to all birds; so distributed	does not refer to every 'winged creature' e.g., bats, flying fish; so undistributed
E: refers to all birds by implication as they are not part of the predicate class; so distributed	refers to all wingless creatures by implication that they are not part of the subject class of birds; so distributed
I: refers only to some birds; so undistributed	refers only to some black things--only those that are birds; so undistributed
0: refers only to some birds; so undistributed	refers to all 'black things', none of which is in the subject class of "some birds"; so distributed

Similarly, for the 0 proposition, "Some girls are not students", the subject term 'girls' is not distributed, but the predicate term, 'students' is distributed.

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